I know they have demos at the Nintendo World Store in NYC and I'd suspect store demos at Best Buy and Wal-Mart are likely. I've seen demo builds at preview events, so they certainly exist.

He seemed to get less rude as I leveled up and purchased more expensive sunglasses. Or maybe I was just too fresh to even hear his disdain.

Single player limits you to just a standard handgun and a trio of bombs. I also found it odd how prominent the paintbrush was in promo materials considering it is post-launch content. The review period felt somewhat hampered by the knowledge that in-game content will basically double over the course of the summer and…

Yes indeed. This morning I played three matches in a row at Arowana Mall. It's not ideal, for sure, but the randomly-assigned teams also help in making each game play differently from one another. Some players prefer high ground while others stay low, some group together while others branch out, so even playing on the…

Stages rotate every four hours, though, so you'll never play on the same stage for too long, and the box in the HUD that shows the two available stages clearly has space for a third, so I suspect that number will go up as they release new stages after launch. On day one, there are five available arenas, but Nintendo…

Marah & John's Game Show Revue All The Time Forever And Ever

I love a good number of game soundtracks, but the one I keep most frequently on hand is Lifeformed's soundtrack to Dustforce. The chill tunes and driving beats are pretty much always exactly what I need either to focus on work or tune out annoying people on the subway.

This is my favorite Idlewild song, put on quite a few mix CDs. That's all I have to contribute here.

I watched episode 19 (the newest one) on a plane over the weekend and was definitely taken aback by the first few minutes. Seeing a small and familial company talk so openly about the hardships of layoffs and seeing how hard everyone was taking it was truly humbling.

It's been three years and a couple months since the kickstarter launched (February 2012) and I'd say the documentary alone has been well worth it, though I'm glad I get to play the game now.

Fellow Gamelo Ryan Smith invited me into his alliance a few months back and it RADICALLY affected my addiction to the game. Now if I don't place high enough in PVPs I feel like I'm letting them down, and my own rewards for tournaments are greatly increased by their participation. I was playing with randos before and…

I see what you did there.

Fun fact*: Final Fantasy is directly responsible for 97% of all domestic flatiron sales worldwide over the past eighteen years!

As Lou Reed said, "one chord is fine, two chords are pushing it, three chords and you're into jazz."

Phantos are terrifying and just yesterday Agnello and Gerardi were discussing on a Twitch stream how badly they need to be made into a Smash Bros Assist Trophy.

I am without shame. About being a huge nerd, at least. Lots of shame about other stuff. So much other stuff.

I imagine I'm probably in the minority here, but I really love "Hate the Villanelle". It feels like a classic TMBG song with a (disappointing) modern sheen, a high-concept challenge turned into a weirdly nerdy-yet-catchy tune. It feels, to me, like a natural throughpoint for Linnell's writing, after "I've Got A…

I grew very fond of that Taken-style level, primarily because I think it's the stage I had to replay the most. I insisted on playing it as Jake, which meant no weapons, which meant that central room of guys with shotguns involved a lot of luring them to me by ducking in and out of doors and generally being SUPER lucky…

We've been playing 4th edition because our campaign started up a few months before 5th hit the shelves and most of our group were newcomers. That said, we're about to hit the one-year anniversary of our adventures and there's been discussion that we might transition all of our characters to 5th edition this weekend,…

BoxBoy is great, and I'm a little ashamed of the stages where I haven't collected all the crowns yet (some genuinely clever platforming puzzles!). Tipping Stars is, well, it's another Mario vs Donkey Kong with minis. If you've played any of the DS games, it's pretty much the same. I doubt they'll ever reclaim the…